Berliner AK 07

Full name	Berliner Athletik Klub 07 e.V.
Founded	15 December 1907; 116 years ago (15 December 1907)
Ground	Poststadion
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Mehmet Ali Han
Manager	Ersan Parlatan
League	Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2021–22	7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in the locality of Moabit of the borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the fourth tier Regionalliga Nordost.

History

The association was established on 15 December 1907 in the Wedding district of Berlin as an athletics club interested primarily in running. A football department was formed in 1908 which has since remained a largely anonymous side playing in lower tier city competition. In the early 90s AK 07 played in the sixth division Landesliga Berlin and advanced to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) on the strength of a 1995 championship there. A 1999 Verbandsliga title saw the club further promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV).

AK 07 merged with BSV Mitte in 2004: Mitte had earlier been formed out of the merger of the ethnically Turkish sides BFC Güneyspor and Fenerbahçe Berlin. The restructured association formed a co-operative relationship with Turkish first division club Ankaraspor in June 2006 which focuses on player development in Germany.

On 6 July 2006 the club adopted the name Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07 and selected Ahmet Gökcek, son of the mayor of Ankara, as chairman. With the name change the club also abandoned its traditional colours of red and white to don the blue and white kit of Ankaraspor, but later reverted to its old name and colours.

The club won promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2011 and achieved a German Cup upset when it defeated Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 in 2012. ^[1]

Since 2012 the club plays in the Regionalliga Nordost. ^{[2] [3]}

Stadium

Berliner AK 07 played its home fixtures in the Sportanlage Lüderitzstraße (capacity 3,000) with an interlude (2000–2003) spent at the Hanne-Sobek-Sportanlage. The team has moved to the 20,000 seat Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district at the start of the 2006–07 season and currently play at the Poststadion.

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024 ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Luis Zwick 3 DF   GER Aleksandar Bilbija 4 DF   GER Rocco Capoano 5 DF   GER Nicolo Avellino 6 MF   GER Omar Hajjaj 7 DF   PLE Ahmad Rmieh 8 MF   GER Marcel Bremer 9 FW   GER Jamal Rogero 10 DF   ANG Panzu Ernesto 11 FW   GER Felix Pliger 14 FW   SLE Abu-Bakarr Kargbo 15 MF   USA Joel Bustamante 17 FW   NGA Ufumwen Osawe

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   GER Olivér Schindler 19 FW   TUR Semih Kayan 20 FW   GER Selim Gündüz 22 DF   GER Hendrik Wurr 23 MF   TUR Ali Baran Akdag 24 DF   GER Cedrik Mvondo 25 MF   CRO Roko Ivanković 26 MF   ALG Moussa Belaid 27 MF   TUR Umut Satici 29 FW   GER Antonio Lubaki 33 GK   GER Kilian Schubert 61 MF   TUR Cihan Uçar 81 DF   JPN Shinji Yamada

Former players

• Kemal Halat
• Ahmed Waseem Razeek

Honours

The club's honours:

• Landesliga Berlin (VI)
  • Champions: 1995
• Verbandsliga Berlin (V)
  • Champions: 1999
• Berliner Landespokal
  • Winners: 2010, 2012
  • Runner-up: 2021

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer